California Securities Lawyer Handling Cases involving Lehman Brothers Structured Products Fraud
Recently, a new type of investment has come under scrutiny of the securities industry regulators. Lehman Brothers, prior to its bankruptcy, marketed structured notes to investors as 100% principal protected notes. As their name implies, the principal investment was supposed to be protected from loss. Unfortunately, when Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy, investors not only lost the earnings from the notes, but their principal investment as well.
If you invested in Lehman Brothers notes through another brokerage firm and have lost your guaranteed principal, you have the opportunity to being an arbitration claim option. With the help of experienced securities attorney Jonathan Schwartz, you may be able to regain the money you lost.
Lehman Brothers Issues
Since this is a newer investment product, being was distributed by major brokerage firms across the country, it is important to have experienced counsel. Jonathan Schwartz, a former SEC trial lawyer, has extensive knowledge of the Lehman Brothers structured notes product and how investors may recover funds lost. He is a familiar with legal issues used related to principal protected fund notes. Contact Mr. Schwartz today to discuss your Lehman Brothers structured products investment.
The brokerage firms that sold the Lehman Brothers notes should have realized that there was a significant risk developing for Lehman Brothers as the financial markets or collateral-backed securities deteriorated. This developing risk was not reflected in the prospectus, as it should have been. Investors had no knowledge that their money was in jeopardy.
When a fund is marketed as 'principal protected', it is seen by investors as a conservative investment. However, it now appears billions of dollars of investor's money was lost in these investments.
Contact experienced attorney Jonathan Schwartz to discuss your issues involving a principal protected note investment.
The Law Offices of Jonathan Schwartz
Los Angeles Attorney
California Securities Fraud Lawyer
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Los Angeles attorney Jonathan Schwartz provides FINRA, securities fraud, investment dispute, white collar crime, stock broker, and SEC legal services to residents of Marina del Rey, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, the greater San Diego Area, Orange County, Newport Beach, Century City, Beverly Hills, Ventura, Laguna Beach, and San Bernardino, California. In addition to local clients, Mr. Schwartz represents clients all across the United States in securities law matters.